2120-AL36 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Updating Manual Requirements to Accommodate Technology

This rulemaking would update the Federal Aviation Administration manual requirements to reflect industry use of electronic and paper manuals. The amendments would apply to fractional ownership operations; domestic, flag, and supplemental operations; rules governing the operations of U.S.-registered civil airplanes which have a seating configuration of 20 or more passengers or a maximum payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more when common carriage is not involved; and commuter and on-demand operations. The rulemaking would require manuals accessed in paper format to display the date of last revision on each page, and require manuals accessed in electronic format to display the date of last revision in a manner in which a person can immediately ascertain it. This rulemaking would also revise the requirement for program managers or certificate holders to carry appropriate parts of the manual aboard airplanes during operations. This rulemaking would instead require program managers or certificate holders ensure the appropriate parts of the manual are accessible to flight, ground, and maintenance personnel when such personnel are performing their assigned duties. Lastly, the rulemaking would update outdated language that refers to accessing information in manuals kept in microfiche. The FAA would remove this outdated language and simply require that all manual information and instructions be displayed clearly and be retrievable in the English language.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 14 CFR 121 14 CFR 125 14 CFR 135 14 CFR 91 124 Stat. 2348 126 Stat. 11 126 Stat. 58 130 Stat. 615 49 U.S.C. 1155 49 U.S.C. 40101 49 U.S.C. 40105 49 U.S.C. 40119 49 U.S.C. 40120 49 U.S.C. 41706 49 U.S.C. 42301 49 U.S.C. 44101 49 U.S.C. 44111 49 U.S.C. 44111 49 U.S.C. 44702 49 U.S.C. 44704 49 U.S.C. 44705 49 U.S.C. 44709 to 44713 49 U.S.C. 44715 to 44717 49 U.S.C. 44722 49 U.S.C. 44729 49 U.S.C. 44730 49 U.S.C. 44732 49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105 49 U.S.C. 46105 49 U.S.C. 46306 49 U.S.C. 46315 49 U.S.C. 46316 49 U.S.C. 46504 49 U.S.C. 46506 49 U.S.C. 46507 49 U.S.C. 47122 49 U.S.C. 47508 49 U.S.C. 47528 to 47531 49 U.S.C. 47534 Articles 12 and 29 of 61 Stat. 1180 Pub. L. 111-216 Pub. L. 112-95 Pub. L. 114-190 49 U.S.C. 106(f) 49 U.S.C. 44701 49 U.S.C. 106(g) 49 U.S.C. 40103 49 U.S.C. 40106 49 U.S.C. 40109 49 U.S.C. 40113 49 U.S.C. 44502 49 U.S.C. 44514 No NPRM 07/14/2022 87 FR 42109 NPRM Comment Period End 09/12/2022 Final Rule 08/00/2023 No No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Sandra Ray 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 412 329-3088 sandra.ray@faa.gov 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20591